Stud No. 2 – Shaquil Barrett
In his fifth start in relief of the injured DeMarcus Ware, Shaquil Barrett made his presence felt again.
His tackle numbers weren’t gaudy – he ended the day with three – but he added a sack, two tackles for a loss, two quarterback hits and a pass defended to round out an exceptional day of harassing Philip Rivers.
After the game, Von Miller, who had a monster day of his own, identified Barrett among a group of other Broncos second-team/rotational guys that are contributing to the league’s best defense.
“Bradley Roby is coming out to his own toot,” Miller said, “Shaquil Barrett, Shane Ray, and Corey Nelson are all guys that have come in and made the defense what it is.”
